Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co. Ltd. provided earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2015. The board of directors of the company informed the shareholders and potential investors of the company that, based on the preliminary review by the company on the management accounts of the group for the year ended 31 December 2015, it is expected to record a decrease of approximately 97% in net profit attributable to the shareholders of the company for the year ended 31 December 2015 as compared to that for the same period of 2014.

As of 31 December 2014, net profit attributable to the shareholders of the company amounted to RMB 2,253 million with earnings per share of RMB 0.69. The company considered that the expected decrease in the operating results of the period was primarily attributable to the decrease in the company's profitability due to sluggish demand in the coal market, serious contradiction in respect of oversupply in the coal industry and substantial decline in coal price in 2015.